Is Democratic Education a Solution to South Africa´s Educational Problems?

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IS DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION A SOLUTION TO SOUTH AFRICA’S EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS?

Education in South Africa is in crisis due to lot of issues that it’s facing. Education in South Africa is governed by the state under the department of basic education for primary school and secondary school not higher education and training. The question that I am going to address here state that “is the democratic education a solution to South Africa’s educational problems”? As lots of people know that our education in South Africa is facing lot of problems that affect learning in our school, that also affect the learners. The way those things are happening now seems as if our government is failing to address those issues. In this essay I will provide an argued option on what education is; what democracy is (including feature at stake); provide some South Africa’s educational problems and argue why those are problems and finally argue for my position on that.

Let me first clarify what education and democratic education is. Education is defined as the process of acquiring knowledge formally or informally but here I will focus on institutional education which is formally. Democratic education is defined as the type of education that takes place in a proper environment where all learners are being treated equally. Democratic education can also be defined as the system of education that is based on the principles that all learners have equal rights when it comes to treatment. According to Gutmann 1987 she defined education as educational ideals in which democracy is a target and method of instruction in schools. Democratic is the one that brings democratic values in schools in terms of equality and fairness. South Africa’s education is in crisis as it ...

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... education for everyone. Certain provinces are benefiting from it but other are being discriminated. This issue has got political issues on it but until the government on high potions takes actions about it, it can be resolved as soon as possible. The state need to find the origin of this issue so that it can be resolved as soon as possible. If the state does not take action about this issue will turn from bad to worst. The parent of that province can also react on that issue if they want their children to succeed. The parents need to this issue to their hands even if they are not in control of education to tell these people to do something about the issue of textbook. How can learners learn if they don’t have enough resources to help them prosper in life? Parents need to take this issue serious so that the government should do something as soon as possible.

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